Following up my earlier mail to the list:
In reply to several queries sent privately to me, I quote the following from the "User Guide"
The Brill fonts basically work on all modern computer systems, both PC and Mac. The PC operating system
should be at least MS Windows XP; Macs should have OS X v. 10.4 or newer. [We have not tested the Brill
fonts on Linux systems.] More advanced features of the Brill fonts – Opentype features such as true small
caps, ligatures, stylistic sets – are available in some applications but not in others. For instance, MS Office
Word versions 2010 (Windows) and 2011 (Mac OS X) support ligatures, provide access to stylistic sets, and
to alternate number forms and spacing; earlier versions of Word do not – and true small caps are still
not accessible in MS Word, in any version. Page layout programs like Adobe InDesign provide the fullest
support. On Mac OS X, especially from v. 10.6.x, many OpenType features are available to programs like
TextEdit and Nisus Writer Pro through the operating system’s Typography palette (accessible through the
‘gear’ button in the Fonts panel); Mellel uses its own mechanism.
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 3:43 PM, Jonathan Silk
<kauzeya@gmail.com> wrote:
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After careful consideration, Brill has taken the initiative of designing a typeface. Named “the Brill”, the new typeface presents complete coverage of the Latin script with the full range of diacritics and linguistics (IPA) characters used to display any language from any period correctly, and Greek and Cyrillic are also covered. There are over 5,100 characters in total, some of which are combining characters, and by using these, myriads of other characters with diacritics can be generated. This indispensable tool for scholars is now freely available for non-commercial use. You can download the font package on brill.nl/brill-typeface after agreeing to the EndUser License Agreement. “The Brill” is available now in roman and italic styles, and bold and bold italic will be released at a later stage. The typeface contains all necessary punctuation marks and a wide assortment of symbols. It will be especially welcomed by humanities scholars quoting from texts in any language, ancient or modern. |
""The Brill" complies with all international and web standards, the most important of which is the Unicode Standard." |
John Hudson of Tiro Typeworks, well-known for his multilingual fonts, is "the Brill"'s designer. |
You can download the font on our website brill.nl/brill-typeface |
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Leiden University Institute for Area Studies, LIAS
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